Today, at the Starodorozhsky training range in the Republic of Belarus, servicemen of the CSTO joint NBC protection and medical support formation began practical operations as part of the “Barrier-2026” special exercise.
Today, at the Losvido training range in Belarus, the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces Commander was presented with a mandate to conduct a peacekeeping operation at the command post as part of the “Indestructible Brotherhood-2026” command-and-staff exercise.
Servicemen of the Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District (CMD) have arrived in the Republic of Belarus to take part in the command-and-staff exercise with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces “Indestructible Brotherhood-2026” and the special exercise with the CSTO joint NBC protection and medical support formation “Barrier-2026”.
A meeting was held between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Secretary of the Security Council of Kyrgyzstan Adilet Orozbekov
15.04.2026
On 15 April 2026, a meeting was held in Bishkek between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Secretary of the Security Council of the Kyrgyz Republic Adilet Orozbekov.
The interlocutors held a substantive exchange of views on the situation in the CSTO area of responsibility, as well as in a number of other regions of the world. Given the particular importance of the Afghan factor for security in Central Asia, the parties paid special attention to issues related to the implementation of the Targeted Inter-State Program for strengthening the Tajik-Afghan border.
Talatbek Masadykov informed about the progress in implementing the Action Plan for the execution of decisions adopted at the November (2025) session of the CSTO Collective Security Council and the Organization’s priority areas of activity during Russia’s chairmanship, including preparations for upcoming meetings of the CSTO statutory bodies.
The Secretary General noted the clear relevance of the Kyrgyz initiative related to holding the CSTO International Conference on Cybersecurity in Cholpon-Ata in June 2025, emphasizing that this format could become an important platform for developing common approaches to ensuring information security.
For his part, Adilet Orozbekov reaffirmed the commitment of the Kyrgyz side to comprehensive cooperation with the CSTO member states in countering the full range of challenges and threats to collective security.
